Hi. I was on Lexapro for about 2 years before being forced to stop it due to family stigma of mental illness. But I overall had no side effects with it. I thought it was helping me, but people around me said I had depression (ie my social worker and child and youth worker) so maybe it wasn’t as helpful as I thought. It didn’t increase my suicidal thoughts. That was Luvox for me. And i just started Prozac and had a psychotic episode on day 5 of starting it. I’ll see what my pdoc thinks about it on Monday though. I’m not sure if it was caused by the new medication, me getting off my old medication, a symptom of depression (or psychotic depression), or something else. I will have to wait and see. I’m currently on 10mg of Prozac.
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DX: GAD; ASD; recurrent, treatment-resistant MDD; PTSD
RX: Prozac 20 mg; BuSpar 10 mg 2x a day; Ativan 0.5 mg PRN; Omega 3 Fish Oil; Trazodone, 50 mg (sleep); Melatonin 3-9 mg
Previous RX: Zoloft, 25-75mg; Lexapro 5-15mg; Luvox 25-50mg; Effexor XR 37.5-225mg
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